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US Seven-Day Average Of New COVID-19 Cases Below 20,000 For First Time Since March 2020

CNN (6/1, Maxouris, Yan, Holcombe) reports, “The US just recorded a seven-day average of fewer than 20,000 new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since March 2020,” recording an average of “about 17,248 as of Monday.”

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Ending Pandemic Precautions May Lead To Increased COVID-19 Spread, Research Suggests

CNN (6/1, Mascarenhas) reports, “Vaccination alone might not be enough to end the Covid-19 pandemic,” according to research suggesting that “even with a majority of the population vaccinated, the removal of pandemic precautions could lead to an increase i...

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Many Patients With COVID-19 Report Long-Term Symptoms, Most Commonly Persistent Fatigue

Kaiser Health News (6/1, Loose) reports on “‘long-haul’ covid patients who remain sick long after retesting negative for the virus,” and “a significant percentage are suffering from syndromes that few doctors understand or treat.” According to KHN, “long-...

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CDC Case Study Says Chlamydia Psittaci Is Best Detected In Lower Respiratory Specimens Using Real-Time PCR Assay

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/1, Mermelstein) reports, “During the largest psittacosis outbreak in the United States in 30 years, Chlamydia psittaci was best detected in lower respiratory specimens by using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay,...

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Erythromycin Or Tetracycline Prophylaxis Did Not Reduce Incidence Of Chlamydial Conjuncitivits In Infants Born To Mothers With Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Compared To Silver Nitrate, Review Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/1, Gupta) reports researchers conducted a literature review and concluded that “compared with silver nitrate, erythromycin or tetracycline prophylaxis did not reduce the incidence of chlamydial conjunctivitis in infants born...

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Chinese Government Announces First Human Case Of H10N3 Bird Flu

The Washington Post (6/1, Taylor) reports, “The Chinese government announced Tuesday that a man in Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, had become the first person known to have been infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu.” China’s National Health...

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Health Equity Tracker Seeks To Assess Effect Of COVID-19 And Other Diseases On Historically Underrepresented Populations

Healio (6/1, Byrne) reports on the Health Equity Tracker of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, which is “a data platform designed to assess the effect of COVID-19 and other diseases on” historically underrepresented p...

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Vietnam Detects New COVID-19 Variant

CNN (5/31, Ly, Hauser, Mascarenhas, Regan) reports, “Vietnam’s health ministry has detected a suspected new coronavirus variant which it said appears to be a hybrid of two highly transmissible strains.” After a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases since last...

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Investigators Pinpoint 178 Gene Variants Tied To Major Depression

HealthDay (5/28, Preidt) reported investigators “who pinpointed 178 gene variants linked to major depression say their findings could improve diagnosis and treatment of a disorder that affects one in five people.” The study drew upon “a huge database, ana...

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Previous Syphilis Infection Attenuates Manifestations Of Subsequent Infection With Treponema Pallidum, Study Indicates

Healio (5/28, N. Dreisbach) reported researchers found “a previous syphilis infection attenuates the manifestations of a subsequent infection with Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis.” The findings were published in Clinical Infectious...

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Number Of Babesiosis Cases In The US Has Grown In The Past Decade, CDC Says

The Washington Post (5/28, Schwartz) reported “over 2,000 cases of babesiosis are reported in the” US each year, compared to 1,126 “in 2011, when the CDC began collecting data on babesiosis.” The disease “is most often caused by the tiny parasites Babesia...

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Researchers Review Studies Of Many Different Vaccines And Conclude There Are Few Risks

HealthDay (5/28, Preidt) reported “researchers analyzed 338 studies of vaccines for diseases such as influenza, measles, mumps, shingles, whooping cough, tetanus and human papillomavirus (HPV),” but not COVID-19, and concluded “that they carry few harms f...

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CDC Releases Clinical Recommendations On Heart Inflammation In Individuals Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Fox News (5/28, Rivas) reported that the CDC “has released clinical recommendations for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis, inflammation of the heart, in vaccinated individuals following news that the agency was investigating a small number of...

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New Survey Suggests US Could Be On Track To Have 70% Of Adults Vaccinated Against COVID-19 By This Summer

The New York Times (5/28, Hoffman) reports in the latest Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 62% “of respondents said they had received at least one dose of a [COVID-19] vaccine, up from 56 percent in April.” As a result, the US “could be on track to vaccina...

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Group Of Senators Calls For Biden Administration To Increase Access To COVID-19 Vaccines For Latinos

ABC News (5/28, Schumaker) reported, “A group of Latino senators sent a letter to the Biden administration Friday, urging top officials to improve access to COVID-19 vaccines in Latino communities.” Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)...

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Socially Vulnerable Populations Saw Lower Rates Of COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage As Eligibility Expanded, CDC Study Indicates

The Hill (5/28, Coleman) reported researchers found “socially vulnerable populations saw lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination coverage, even as eligibility for the shots expanded, according to a” CDC study (5/28). In the study, researchers “determined that...

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Scientists Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Florida Keys With Aim Of Combatting Dengue Fever And Zika

The Wall Street Journal (5/31, Hotz, Subscription Publication) reports scientists released genetically modified mosquitoes in six neighborhoods in the Florida Keys with the aim of disrupting mosquito reproduction, and in turn, the spread of dengue fever a...

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FDA Advises Against Use Of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests To Evaluate Immunity From COVID-19 After Vaccination

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/27, Park) reports the FDA “is advising against the use of SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests to evaluate immunity or protection from COVID-19 after vaccination.” According to the agency’s “safety communication, currently authorized SA...

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Research Involving Mice Identifies Blood Biomarker That Can Distinguish Between Myocarditis, AMI

Cardiovascular Business (5/27, Walter) reports investigators “have identified a blood biomarker that can distinguish between myocarditis and acute myocardial infarction (AMI).” They did so after performing “one thorough analysis after another, eventually...

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As Coronavirus Cases Decline, Uncertainty Remains About Long-Term Effects Of Infection

McClatchy (5/27, Camero) reports, “Although new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths are plummeting across the U.S., much remains unknown about the lingering consequences of long-COVID months after initial illness, including brain fog, kidn...

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US Seven-Day Average Of New COVID-19 Cases Below 20,000 For First Time Since March 2020

Ending Pandemic Precautions May Lead To Increased COVID-19 Spread, Research Suggests

Many Patients With COVID-19 Report Long-Term Symptoms, Most Commonly Persistent Fatigue

CDC Case Study Says Chlamydia Psittaci Is Best Detected In Lower Respiratory Specimens Using Real-Time PCR Assay

Erythromycin Or Tetracycline Prophylaxis Did Not Reduce Incidence Of Chlamydial Conjuncitivits In Infants Born To Mothers With Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Compared To Silver Nitrate, Review Study Indicates

Chinese Government Announces First Human Case Of H10N3 Bird Flu

Health Equity Tracker Seeks To Assess Effect Of COVID-19 And Other Diseases On Historically Underrepresented Populations

Vietnam Detects New COVID-19 Variant

Investigators Pinpoint 178 Gene Variants Tied To Major Depression

Previous Syphilis Infection Attenuates Manifestations Of Subsequent Infection With Treponema Pallidum, Study Indicates

Number Of Babesiosis Cases In The US Has Grown In The Past Decade, CDC Says

Researchers Review Studies Of Many Different Vaccines And Conclude There Are Few Risks

CDC Releases Clinical Recommendations On Heart Inflammation In Individuals Vaccinated Against COVID-19

New Survey Suggests US Could Be On Track To Have 70% Of Adults Vaccinated Against COVID-19 By This Summer

Group Of Senators Calls For Biden Administration To Increase Access To COVID-19 Vaccines For Latinos

Socially Vulnerable Populations Saw Lower Rates Of COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage As Eligibility Expanded, CDC Study Indicates

Scientists Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Florida Keys With Aim Of Combatting Dengue Fever And Zika

FDA Advises Against Use Of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests To Evaluate Immunity From COVID-19 After Vaccination

Research Involving Mice Identifies Blood Biomarker That Can Distinguish Between Myocarditis, AMI

As Coronavirus Cases Decline, Uncertainty Remains About Long-Term Effects Of Infection